Fabulous! Hope the knee recovered!

Is the Aww Mate an Isle of Wight thing? Or is it an Ickism?

That was incredible Gareth. Totally amazing. i love hunting for ancient stuff. really enjoy your walks. Made myself a picnic today with cake and everything. thank you

Wow, those coke ovens at the end were an absolute monster of a find mate, especially the condition inside, I had no idea of their existence, Quality video as always.

Proper walk that Gaz, can’t beat getting off the beaten track & exploring. That’s where the real treasure’s to be found !! Keep it up mate

Aaaaw mate, I think you need a new script writer mate😄😁

We LOVE your "awww mate" ...please don't stop!!!!❤

Not long discovered your channel, absolutely fantastic, given me plenty of ideas for walks and cycle routes local to me (Nottingham). Wonder if you remember, probably about 2009, you played a very well received acoustic gig in the pub I was running, the Albion in Hampton Court?

I've got two phones so I've given you 2 likes......loved that MATE great start too 2025 👍

I live a short distance from Unston and often walk to the viaduct, never knew about the industry there. Great video Gareth recognise the area's on your drone footage.👍🏻

That was an amazing find, after over 125 years. Good job, mate!

Mate! Did you end up with a thorn in your head?? You were definitely in the wars! P.S. I'm starting to recover nicely.

Excellent find and great video. The remains here are an incredible survival.

We used to walk through Mackworth to Mickleover tunnel when I was a kid. We used to call it quarter mile tunnel.

Great video. Those coke ovens at the end are something else!

Those coke ovens were amazing. What a fantastic walk. Will never tire of your enthusiasm x

Really great video! Did you notice where the trackbed veered off to the right, just after crossing the road, between the 2 tall hedges?

Bloody amazing!! I really felt your excitement! All those coke ovens still there. Well done for finding them for us!

Very interesting video, Gareth. Going to read about coke ovens now. Thanks.

Those coke ovens were great to see. 👍 Gareth, when you end with a heart-warming smile to us all you can say ‘mate’ however many times you like! 😁

Great video Gareth. That's one of my local walks/explores. One point: the unstone line is a footpath only and not a bridleway. I know this cos there's a few miserable locals that often moan at me as I cycle it.

Watched a few videos of that area and i think you did the best exploration of it. a lot of people don`t no about the coke ovens but i guess they will now worst luck, hope idiots don`t trash them.👍

We call it okay brick yard

Iam from ilkeston and used to play in there all the time going up

There’s a monument to the victims of Faund at the National Arboretum too.

There is allways money for war... And wars are planned in advance... In sweden students are being forced to do army service agian... One wonders why...

"This is how I spend my Fridays now" -- I can think of worse ways to

I was born and bred in Leek. When I first left home I rented a flat in St Edward’s Hall which is the big building with the clock tower. My dad absolutely loves the history surrounding St Edward’s Hospital. I’ve got fond memories of him coming round to go for a walk around the estate and talk about the history. There is a mass burial site with a plaque stating that 1500 patients are buried there that you guys missed. The creepiest part of the estate is the old morgue behind the chapel, I’ve always wanted to get inside for a nosey. Worth having a look if you’re ever back in the area.

Blimey! Had no idea this happened! So interesting. We look forward to seeing all the walks you and the lads do x

I came here from WTAF. Good stuff mate.

Excellent video Gareth. Reminds me of Slapton Sands near where I live and Operation Tiger and the secrecy kept around that for years. It was a practice landing by the US Army for the D-Day landings on Utah beach. Not only was live ammunition used on the first day but on the 2nd day they came under attack from German U Boats due to errors by the Royal Navy and higher commands. All covered up - the survivors were too scared to talk for years. The American families come every April to honour their dead. Shocking and sad. War is terrible on all fronts x

Interesting video. Richard Willett sent me. Subscribed.

The wide spacing between the tracks isnt to do with saftey, if one side went off you would need about 100m gap to prevent sympathetic detonation, much more likely the gap was for vehicles.....

Bricks taken over by nature! That’s where it’s at right there m’lad!

i believe there is some civilization living underground all around the world, all connected through tunnels and roads like some insiders of the global cult have been saying for decades

Explored them back when we were kids, pretty much every summer holidays

Easy now...wish ya dad a good one for me 😊😊😊😊

What a find Youhie? 😮😮😮

These videos are just brilliant. So informative and thoroughly enjoyable. Thank you!

There is an excellent book by Nic McCamley, The Fauld Disaster which gives a detailed description of the disaster. The explosion was only second to the Halfax explosion against which all non nuclear explosions are rated, making it the second largest in the world.

Having watched the video again you say " in British history", I stand corrected !! ,never heard of this so it's interesting 👍

Erm...."largest explosion in history".... Ever heard of volcanos? Or man made...the tsar bomb?...... There are things called books available for research........

Not the largest non-nuclear explosion. The British carried out operation Big Bang (really!) in April 1947 on the island of Heligoland using 7,400 tons of explosive. Somewhat larger than Faulds. Not difficult to find!

Hi loving the videos, especially around Derby my town. Do you have the gpx routes of your walks? Cheers and keep up the good work

So you did not g.o in the Tunnels There is à Video of about 8 men walking in the tunnels .

The largest explosion was the Tsar Bombe.

I was a Royal Engineer in the 70's ,we returned to still clear unexploded ordinance, there are signs about warning about stuff still not found.

Hi, I have been enjoying your videos, especially the Isle of Wight ones. I don't suppose next time you are over there you could do a video on the ventnor radar station? Thank you

Plaster board

Mr Google tells me the largest non nuclear explosion was in Halifax Canada during WW1, but that doesn't take away from this particular event, it must have been colossal.